Addressing-machine.



J. S. DUNCAN.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1011.

1,075,340. Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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J. S. DUNCAN.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION rum) MAR. 24, 1911.

1,075,340. Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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J. S. DUNCAN.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1911.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

J. S. DUNCAN. ADDRESSING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.24,1911.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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"Ii 1 A J. S. DUNCAN.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 141111.24, 1911.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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J. S. DUNCAN. ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION rum) MAR. 24, 1911.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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illliiliifif hllili JGSEEH S. DUNCAZTI, OF

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ding at Chi fitnie of fail lin- .ziehines, ilieation. to whlressing maygent to print from in; form, or the whole for autonntti line in thismanner. ion of nilldresbing mm iinp vssion taken each operation "iuiosthe machine is impresn each printing form,

n are an no .m-n hm niiinys been taken til machine.

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to print the and the coinniaehines re gas hills and i to he retained wi. i

foregoing will he .'--,ili il(.itillt for the purposes of thisapplication.

W'ith these emis in View the invention has for its object to providemeans of simple character whereby on addressing in: chine willautomatically operate to 1 Pint the whole or part of a form insuCCeSSiVe operations of the machine.

To illustrate my invention I have shown it in the accompanying drawingsen'zhodied illpecifieation Letters Pater- L.

Pa tum-god Set. 1 4, 19

iorfjion filed March 24, 1911. Serial No. (515.2.253.

in an :nhlressing machine of the general type shown in [1 Patent No.303,577 (lat-ed Now .3 out it wiil be understood of l this is forpurposes of illustration oniy and not with the .intenlion of lin1-iting; the scope of the inrentien to that par- .13 type of nniehine asit will be oh- SCl'VQti, when the invention is understood,

ing machines which tliiiier to a. more or lose extent from'the oneshown.

lieu-rung to the drawings, whicl illusesszn'y to understand theinvention, Figure 1 top plan view, partly in section, of a. portion ofan znhlresbing machine showing my "il'lVQliiit i. embodied therewith.Fig. 2 is :1 side elevation, piirtiy in section. Fig. 3 is a bottom planvi the work i hie with n invent 1. Fig. i n on the. line i-4 'iNPv't-dsh ow n at rest and 3 new sinz'nving the parts in pi... ing poi. non.Fig. =1 is n detail front elevation, partly in section, of the platenhead. Fig. i is a. detail. sectionnlriew sho. ing the platen and the.coin operating rod. Fig. 8 a detail sectional view on the line of Fig.6. Fig. 9 is a View, partly in for operating the sectional platen. Fig.10 is a front elevation and Fig. 11 is a. side elevation of a. platenhead and platen showing another form of my im eni'ion. Fig. 12 is detailplan ViQW on the line 12 M of Fig. 10. Fig. 13 is a trannverse sectionalVlQW on the line l3---13 of Fig. 10 showing one soetion of the platen inprinting position, and Fig. 14 is a imilar view showing the othersection of the platen in printing position. Fi 15 is a perspective Viewof 10 to 14. Fig. 16 is a detail View showing the antisnnuig'e devicesfor use with the In the drawings, 1 the frame of the in aohine, 2 thecarrier for moving the printinp; rlevices 3 one at a time to p'intin'gposition. 4 is the work table which'is pivotsilly mounted at 7 on theframe and carrying the platen head 6. The envelops,

hiiis or other things to be printed are placed that it is mpahle ofembodiment in ncldresn irate only so much of the machine as isnecsection, illustrating the tripper mechanism.

form of the invention illnstreted in Figs.'

mounted on the frame, 5 is the platen arm one section OI the platenillustrated in one at a time upon the work table against an adjustablegage 8 thereon, the printing devices are moved from a supply to printingposition beneath an opening 9 in the work table, and the platen arm isswung to carry the platen into engagement with the envelop 10 and pressit against the printing form through the opening 9 at each operation ofthe machine (Figs. 4, 5).

Ileretofore the platen for an addressing machine has been made to printfrom the entire form at each operation but my invention contemplates aplaten, which can be used as before to print from the whole form, butcomposed of separately operable sections which make it ossible to printfrom parts of the form instead of the whole form.

In Figs. 8 I have shown one type of sectional platen embodying myinvention and referring thereto 11 is the platen adjustably mounted onthe head 6 and 12 and- 13 are the two sections of the platen each ofwhich has a facing 14 of suitable character. The section 12 is fastenedrigidly to the base 11 and the section 13 is pivotally mounted at oneend 15 in a recess 16 in the relatively fixed section 12. A spring 17normally holds the movable section out of operative position. A rod 18is mounted to rock in the platen section 12 and it has a cam face 19 toengage the back of the movable section 13 and push it outward againstthe tension of spring 17 and into operative position. The means foroperating the rod 18 comprise a crank arm 20 rigidly mounted on one endthereof and a pull-bar 21 pivotally mounted at one end to the free end22 of the crank (Fig. 2). This pull-bar is arranged to slide on a fixedpin 23 in the bracket 24 mounted on the work table and it is held inengagement with the pin by a spring 25 attached to the bar and to therod 18 (Figs. 2, In the normal operation of the machine the projection26 on the pull-bar would engage the pin 23 and thereby stop the slidingmovement of the pull-bar and cause the rod 18 to rock and force themovable section 13 of the platen into operative position at eachoperation of the machine, but means are provided to control thismovement of the pullbar as hereinafter described.

A cam device 27 is rotatably mounted on the bracket 24' and it isprovided on its upper face with a plurality of projections 28 (Figs. 1,2). A feed bar 29 is pivotally mounted at 30 on the platen arm and isarranged to engage the projections 28. On the downwardmovement of theplaten the feed bar is carried forwari and its forward end slides overand eng ges one of the projections. ()n the upward movement of theplaten the feed bar is pulled backward and the cam device is turned astep. The

feed bar may be thrown upward out of operative relation to the camdevice and held in this position by a pivoted locking device 31 whichcan be thrown over to engage the shoulders 32 on the feed bar (Fig. 2).A lever 33 is pivotally mounted at 34 on the bracket 24 and one end ofthis lever carries a roller 35 which travels in engagement with a cam 36on the cam device 27 (Fig. 3). The other endof lever 33 is connected bya link 33' with a rod 37 which operates aplate 38 beneath the work table(Figs. 1, 3). The platen 38 is suitably guided in its movement and forthis purpose is preferably shaped at 39 to slide on a raised bed 40 onthe work table, besides having a slot 41 to engage the holding screw 42.The plate 38 is adapted to be projected beneath the opening 9 in thework table to lie between that portion of the work and the printingdevice below the movable section of the platen during the printingoperation to prevent any possibility of the work engaging that art ofthe printing device which is not to e printed. This plate also protectsthe work from smudging. The cam may be variously made and timed tooperate the cover and anti-smudge plate 38 at each operation of themachine or at alternate operations or otherwise, as desired.

A tripper device 43 is pivotally mounted on the bracket 24 (Fig. 9) anda spring 44 attached to said device holds it in contact with an arm 45fast on lever 33. In Fig. 3 the cam has two deep depressions 46 and fourrest depressions 47 to receive the roller When the roller lies in thedeep depressions the plate 38 will be retracted, as shown in Fig.3, andthe tripper will be engaged by the arm 45 as shown in Fig. 9, so thatthe pull-bar can bring the movable section of the platen into operativeposition when the platen arm is operated. The entire platen will thenengage the work and the whole form will print. When the cam device isturned to cause the roller 35 to engage one of the rest depressionstherein the plate 38 will gages and lifts the pull-bar 21 out of op-.

erative relation to pin 23 and thereby prevents it from operating themovable section of the platen which will remain in elevated position(Figs. 6, 7). Only the fixed section 12 of the platen will then engagethe work and only that part of the form beneath said section will print.The roller 35 is held in engagement with the cam by a spring 35'(Fig. 1) attached to the lever 33 and to the bracket 24.

' The cam device controls the operation of the movable section of theplaten and also of the cover and anti-smudge plate. The

impression from a printing form, One section of said platen beingnormally inoperative, and means for automatically moving said sectioninto operative position as the platen approaches printing position.

11. In an addressing machine, the combination of a sectional platenadapted to press the work against a printing form, means for holding asection of said platen out of operative position, and means adapted tobe positioned between the platen and the form to prevent that, part ofthe form opposite the inoperative section of the platen from printing.

12. In an addressing machine, the combination of a sectional platenadapted to engage and press the work against a printing form, means forthrowing one of said sections out of operation and means forpreventingaccidental printing by the thrown out section.

13. In an addressing machine, the combi nation of a sectional platen torett'ecting an impression from a printing form, an oscillating armcarrying the platen, and means intermediate of the arm and one of thesections of the platen for moving said section as the arm oscillates.

Lt. In an addresling machine, the combination of a platen for elfectingan impression fr m a printing form and comprising a movable sectionnormally sustained out of operative position relatively to the remainderof the platen, and means operated by movement of the platen for throwingsaid section into operative position.

15. In an addressing machine, the combination of a platen for etl'cctingan impression from a printing form and comprising a movable sectionnormally sustained out of operative position, means for throwing saidsection into operative position, and a tripper for throwing out saidthrow-in means.

16. In an addressing machine, the combination of a platen for effectingan impression from a printing form and comprising a movable sectionnormally sustained out of operative position, a cam rod operativelyengaged with said movable section, a movable arm carrying the platen,and means operated by said arm for operating said cam rod.

17. In an addressing machine, the combination of a platen for effectingan impression from a printing form, a plate, normally disposed outsidethe path of travel of the platen, means for inter-posing said platebetween the platen and a part of said form to prevent that part of theform covered by the plate from engaging the work interposed between theform and the platen and mechanism for automatically actuating said meansat predetermined intervals.

18. In an addressing machine, the combination of a sectional platen forefl'ectin an impression from a printing form, a p ate, and means forinterposing said plate between one of the sections of the platen and theform, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

it). In an addressing machine, the combi' nation of a platen foreffecting an impression from a printing form, a plate, a leveroperatively connected to said plate, a cam for operating said lover, amovable arm carrying the platen, and means operated by said arm foractuating said cam.

20.111 an addressing machine, the combination of a platen comprising amovable section, a plate adapted to be projected over that part of theform oppositethe movable section, and means for moving said section andplate to operate conjointly.

21. In an addressing machine, the combination of a sectional platen,means for retaining one of said sections in inoperative position, a cammounted on said platen, and means for operating said cam upon downwardmovement. of the platen to cause said section to be moved into operativeposition.

22. In an addressing machine, the combination of a platen arm, asectional platen mounted thereon, means for normally retaining one ofsaid sections in inoperative position, a fixed abutment, and mechanismadapted to be brought into operative relation with said abutment upondownward movement of the platen whereby the normally inoperative platensection is moved into operative position.

In an addressi'ng machine, the combination of a sectional platen,mechanism for moving one of said sections into operative position uponmovement of the platen into printing position, and means forautomatically rendering said mechanism inoperative at predeterminedintervals.

24. In an addressing machine, the combination of a sectional platen,mechanism for moving one of said sections into operative position it onprinting movement of the platen, a p ate adapted to be interposedbetween the platen and the printing form, and means for automaticallyinterposing said plate and rendering said mechanism inoperative atpredetermined intervals.

JOSEPH S. DUNCAN.

\Vitnesses:

\VM. 0. BELT, M. A. KIDDIE.

